The Women's Finance Exchange: Banking the Female Economy
12 August 2021

via Zoom

The Women’s Finance Exchange (WFX) is a new ADB initiative to support financial institutions and their women borrowers through innovative tech-enabled solutions, digital support, and capacity building. Despite global efforts to expand access to finance, women and women’s businesses face challenges in accessing suitable and affordable financial products. Financial institutions often miss out on opportunities to service this growing segment, which has an estimated 1 billion underserved women. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and women’s businesses, and reinforced the importance of a digital economy, which can accelerate gender equality.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Opening Session Opening Remarks
Ashok Lavasa

Suzanne Gaboury

Launch of the Women’s Finance Exchange Women’s Finance Exchange
This presentation gives an overview of the Women's Finance Exchange, an interactive online platform, through which ADB will communicate and engage…
Christine Engstrom
Banking the Female Economy: Practitioners Talk Moderator
This presentation gives an overview of the Women's Finance Exchange, an interactive online platform, through which ADB will communicate and engage…
Samantha Hung
Banking the Female Economy: Practitioners Talk Panelists
This presentation gives an overview of the Women's Finance Exchange, an interactive online platform, through which ADB will communicate and engage…
Rachel Freeman Sucharita Mukherjee Laura Crow
Closing Session Closing Remarks
This presentation gives an overview of the Women's Finance Exchange, an interactive online platform, through which ADB will communicate and engage…
Christine Engstrom

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Sabine Spohn

ADB Organizer/s

  • Private Sector Operations Department

Topics

  • Private Sector
  • Gender Equality
  • Finance